X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fform_field_buffer.3x.html;h=de56787b95f32ba0162794d787b48acaf9a96239;hb=HEAD;hp=8cd7bfab20a2017aac21ea07726f441df11590dd;hpb=eccca377f55c70b12e3e92621d94d1e1c1fcfb7d;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/doc/html/man/form_field_buffer.3x.html b/doc/html/man/form_field_buffer.3x.html index 8cd7bfab..47d6c8b3 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/form_field_buffer.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/form_field_buffer.3x.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ - -form_field_buffer 3x - - +form_field_buffer 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls + + -

form_field_buffer 3x

form_field_buffer 3x 2024-03-16 ncurses 6.5 Library calls

-form_field_buffer(3x)                                    form_field_buffer(3x)
+form_field_buffer(3x)            Library calls           form_field_buffer(3x)
 
 
 
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@

SYNOPSIS

        #include <form.h>
 
-       int set_field_buffer(FIELD *field, int buf, const char *value);
-       char *field_buffer(const FIELD *field, int buffer);
-       int set_field_status(FIELD *field, bool status);
-       bool field_status(const FIELD *field);
-       int set_max_field(FIELD *field, int max);
+       int set_field_buffer(FIELD *field, int buf, const char *value);
+       char *field_buffer(const FIELD *field, int buffer);
+
+       int set_field_status(FIELD *field, bool status);
+       bool field_status(const FIELD *field);
+
+       int set_max_field(FIELD *field, int max);

DESCRIPTION

@@ -67,8 +69,8 @@
           o   Buffer 0 is the displayed value of the field.
 
           o   Other numbered buffers may be allocated by applications  through
-              the nbuf argument of (see form_field_new(3x)) but are not manip-
-              ulated by the forms library.
+              the  nbuf  argument  of  (see  form_field_new(3x))  but  are not
+              manipulated by the forms library.
 
        The function field_buffer returns a pointer  to  the  contents  of  the
        given numbered buffer:
@@ -102,8 +104,8 @@

RETURN VALUE

-       The field_buffer function returns NULL on error.  It sets errno accord-
-       ing to their success:
+       The field_buffer  function  returns  NULL  on  error.   It  sets  errno
+       according to their success:
 
        E_OK The routine succeeded.
 
@@ -123,26 +125,19 @@
             Routine detected an incorrect or out-of-range argument.
 
 
-

NOTES

-       The header file <form.h> automatically includes the header file
-
-       When configured for wide characters, field_buffer returns a pointer  to
-       temporary  storage  (allocated and freed by the library).  The applica-
-       tion should not attempt to modify the data.  It will be  freed  on  the
-       next call to field_buffer to return the same buffer.  <curses.h>.
+       When  configured for wide characters, field_buffer returns a pointer to
+       temporary  storage  (allocated  and  freed  by   the   library).    The
+       application should not attempt to modify the data.  It will be freed on
+       the next call to field_buffer to return the same buffer.

PORTABILITY

-       These  routines emulate the System V forms library.  They were not sup-
-       ported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
+       These routines emulate the System  V  forms  library.   They  were  not
+       supported on Version 7 or BSD versions.
 
-       The  set_max_field   function   checks   for   an   ncurses   extension
-       O_INPUT_FIELD  which  allows a dynamic field to shrink if the new limit
+       The   set_max_field   function   checks   for   an   ncurses  extension
+       O_INPUT_FIELD which allows a dynamic field to shrink if the  new  limit
        is smaller than the current field size.
 
 
@@ -151,8 +146,13 @@
        Raymond.
 
 
+